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. DEVICE FOR WAVING 0R GRIMPING HAIR. No. 472,449. I Patented Apr. 5, 1892..

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EUGENE GAUDIN, on PARIS, FRANCE.

DEVICE FOR WAVING OR CRIMPING HAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,449, dated April 5, 1892.

Application filed November 27,1891. Serial No. 413.251- (No model.) Patented'in France February 26, 1891, No. 211,731;

in Belgium August 10,1891, No. 95,964, and in England August 11, 1891, No- 13,569.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EUGENE GAUDIN, of the city of Paris, France, have invented Improvements in Devices for Waving or Crimping Hair, (for which I have obtained Letters Patent in France for fifteen years, dated February 26, 1891, No. 211,731; in Belgium for fifteen years, dated August 10, 1891, No. 95,964, and in England for fourteen years, dated August 11, 1891, No.13,569,) of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to devices for waving or crimping hair.

In order to crimp hair by means of the devices heretofore used, it is parted into locks, which are crimped separately. From this'it results that all the locks are not crimpedthe same length, so that bad work is produced. Moreover, during the passage of the iron it often happens that, notwithstanding the use of a comb and all possible precautions, the head of the person is burned, which is very disagreeable. For obviating these inconveniences I have constructed a device for crimping hair which is composed in principle of a crimping-iron designed to protect the head and two combs arranged for holding the hair for enabling it to belaid in one or the other direction with the aid of the iron, Which constitutes the object of the present invention.

In order to render my invention better understood, I have represented it in the accompanying drawings, but only by way of example.

Figure 1 isa side elevation of a device constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan View from beneath. Fig. 4. represents the waves or crimps formed by the device. Fig. 5 is a front view of the crimping-iron proper. Fig. 6 is a side view thereof, looking to the left of Fig. 5; and Fig. 7 is a cross-section of the same.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, arepresents a concave or trough-shaped shield or protector adapted to protect the head of the person whose hair is being erimped. It is preferably made of thin metal, though other material may .crimped between them.

be used instead. Shield a is provided with a handle I), and near the handle are two lugs c on opposite sides of the shield, to which lugs the combs d are pivoted at f and extend forward nearly the full length of shield at. The combs have a rearward projection e, constituting a pressing-piece, which can be depressed by the thumb of the operator to separate the combs from the shield a. The combs are returned to their normal position by means of a spring g.

The crimping-iron shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7 is of usual formthat is to say, is com posed of two members, one of which is concave on its inner side and the other convexand it is between these two jaws or members that the hair is pinched to form the crimps or waves shown in Fig. 4. Instead, however, of making the concave member continuous it is cut away for a greater part of its length, as shown at Z, the object being to prevent to a great extent the heatingof the shield a by contact with this part of the crimping-iron, which is always placed in use underneath or next to the shield.

In use the device shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 is held in the left hand, and the combs being lifted by depressing piece (2 the shield is passed under the strand of hair to be crimped and brought up close to the roots thereof, the shield lying at right angles to the strand of hair, which may be as wide as the length of the combs. The latter are then lowered and their teeth hold the hair evenly on opposite sides of the shield. The hot crimping-iron is then introduced, the slotted or concave member beneath and the convex member above the strand of hair, which lies fiat across the shield, and the two members being brought together the hair is The iron in the right hand is then drawn slightly lengthwise without opening it, thus giving a set or bend to the hair which is held back by the teeth of the combs. In this manner successive crimps or bends are formed, as well understood by persons skilled in the art of hair-dressing.

The invention is susceptibleof modification shaped shield, the two combs pivoted thereto, one on each side thereof, and a thumb-piece for lifting said combs, substantially as described.

The foregoing specification of my improvenieutsin devices for waving or crimping hair signed by me this 12th day of November, 20

' EUGENE GAUDIN.

Witnesses:

ROBT. M. HOOPER,

ALBERT MOREAU. 

